Andrew Bourque BA BEd MRE MTS, based in Georgetown, Ontario, Canada wrote a thesis on “Benedictine Monasticism and the Lay Vocation” as part of his Master of Theological Studies course at St. Peter’s Seminary, London, Ontario. He generously makes it available at the Order of St Benedict website.

The Deafening Silence of Monastic Life

Please click here for a recent interview with Fabio Tassone, the museum director of the Carthusian monastery of Serra San Bruno in Italy, by Antonio Gaspari and Maurizio Tripi.

Owners of e-book readers such as the Kindle can now create their own edition of the Divine Office by downloading the necessary software and content files from the Universalis website (one month free trial available). For detailed instructions (Windows PC and Kindle) please click here and for Ealing oblate Jennifer Smith’s personal account of how the Kindle is transforming her oblate life, please click here.